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UNITED ,STATES PATENT .onirica ISAAGH.,ATHEY, OF .CHICAGO,'ILLINOIS,-ASSIGNOR TO DELMAR J. BURLIN G1LME,1` OFlDA GRANGE, ILLINOS.

CABINET.

fNo. 908,830.

sp ecication of s Letters Batent.

BatentedJa-nn, 19,69.

Application filed May 18, 1908. Serial N0.433',393.

cago, in the county of Cook and State oflllinois, have invented a new` and useful Improvement in Cabinets, of which the fol1ow ing 1s a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to improvements in cabinets ofthe variety suitable for the receptionof papers, drawings and other articles of a like nature of comparatively large dimensions.

My primary object is to provide a compact construction of cabinet suitable for the purpose above specified which will be adapted to receive and support therein, in vertical condition,` pockets `or other suitable receptacles for receivingr apers, drawings or the like and f be capable o extension for rendering the interior of the cabinet readily `accessible for easy removal of the pockets; and another' important object is to provide a construction whereby a portion thereof may be caused to be moved into a position for affording a rest-for the pockets and their contents after their` removal from the cabinet.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-W `Figure 1 is a view in sectional elevation, the section being taken at the line 1 on Fig. `4 and viewed in the direction ofthe arrow, this view showing the cabinet in closed condition. Fig. 2 is a view similar to that of Fig. 1 showing the cabinet in openposition with a removable pocket for papers, drawings or the likei located inthe cabinet. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the cabinetopen and the rest orrshelf of the cabinet in extended position for use. Fig. 4 is an enlarged broken section taken at the line 4 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 5 is an enlarged section taken at the line 5 on Fig. 1 and viewed in the direction ofthe arrow; and Fig. 6 is an enlarged broken section taken at the Vline 6 on Fig. 4 and viewed in the direction of the arrow.

The cabinet illustrated in the drawings is of the vertical type comprising a back 7, a bottom 8, sides 9, a front panel 10 and a swinging top 11.

The pockets in which the drawings or pa- =pers to be stored in the cabinetare placed may: be supported in the cabinet in ,any suitable `Way, and the pockets may be of any constantly. hel

suitable style. 11n theconstruction shown, the .inner opposed surfaces of the .sides 9 carry cleats 12 nearthetop ofthe cabinet,

nthese cleats extending horizontally kan'd affording ledges upon whichthe transverse supporting'bars 1.3 of the pockets rest .at thelr ends,` the receptacle-portions 14 ofthe pockets depending as `represented in Fg. v2. The cleats 12 andtheV bottom'8 extend `short of` the` front vertical edges` of, the sides 9 and hinged to theforward edge of thebottom 8, as indicated at ,15,.is an`inverted`.U,-fshaped frame 16 extending 4a veryshort distance above the top edges ofthe cleats v12and formed` of two upright strips 17 unitedtogether at their upper ends'by a cross-piece 18, the upper o pesite corner-portions of whichare recesse ,as indicated `at 19,to permittheframe 16 to be swung inwardly'beyondthe outer ends `ofthecleats 12. .The panel 10 is hingedto the cross-piece 18,11ear its opposite ends, as indicated lat 2.0, to ,extend flushat its upper edge with thetop edges of the sides 9 and fit against thejforward edge-portion of the-bottom 8 of the cabinet when the cabinet `is closed `as represented in Fi Y. 1.

The crossfgbarl has` pivoted tol it near its opposite ends, vas indicated .at 2,1, metal strlps 22, each provided `with an elongated slot23 through which a screw24 in thevertical faceof each cleat 12 passes, the stri. s 22being so dis osedasto cause them to' e in Vflatwise -relation against thezcleats 12. Similar strips2-5 are pivoted as indicated at 26 to the o posite sides of the panel 10:.nearits toptol ie ilatwise against the adjacent inner surfaces of the sides 9 above` the cleats 1.2and`be held in .such osition against disengagementlfrom. the si es 9 during the operation of the device, by screws 27 fastened in the sides 9 and vpassing through the slots 28 on the strips 25. The panel 10 has connected to it, a slight distance above its lowermost edge and intermediate its verticafmargnal edges, as by aspringhinge 29, a leg 30, which is formed witha reduced upper end-portion 31 which extends into` a recess `32 provided. inthe cross-bar 18, when the. parts are in the Iposition illustrated kin Figs. land 2. r'lhe top 11 ofthe cabinet is constructed .with a ldependingflange 33,

the position villustrated in`.Fig.-,1,iits over the up er marginal edge of the panel 10 and ho ds in osition the swinging parts hereinbefore re erred to.

Assuming the cabinet to be closed and containing pockets introduced therein as described of the one illustrated in Fig. 2, the operation of the device is as follows: The cover 11 is iirst raised, thereby withdrawing the flange 33 from engagement with the panel or front 10. The panel may then be grasped at its upper edge and pulled outward toward the operator, thereby causing the frame 16 to turn at its hinge-connection 15 with the bottom 8, the frame 16 swinging out at its upper end-portion to the position7 illustrated in Fig. 2 in which the metal strips 22 and 25 arrest further swinging of'the member 16 by engagement of the ends of their slots with the screws, the metal strips in this position of the swinging parts of the cabinet being extended to the limit of their outward movement. It will be noted that the panel or front 10 depends at its hingeconnection with the frame 16, and that the leg 30 is held in folded position and completely out of the way. 1/Vith the frame 16 and panel 10 swung out as illustrated the pockets may be readily moved apart to separate them from their previously packed condition, by causing them to be distributed along the top surfaces of the cleats 12 and the upper edges ofthe strips 22, the strips 25 serving to maintain the alinement of the supporting bars 13 at their opposite ends, so that when the case is closed the bars 13 will be accurately guided into position between the sides of the cabinet.

It is often desirable that the contents of the pocket or pockets removed from the cabinet for inspection be examined at the cabinet, and as the drawings or papers are liable to be of a bulky nature and of large dimensions, a proper place to inspect them is not ordinarily accessible. To make the cabinet convenient for this urpose as well as for a storing receptacle, have provided the panel 10, which not only forms the front of the cabinet when the latter is closed, but serves as a table or ledge of the desirable dimensions for inspecting the contents of the pocket or pockets when the panel is swung to the position indicated in Fig. 3, in which position it is held by the leg 30, which in the swinging of the panel 10 to the position referred to becomes disengaged from the crossiece 18, and under the action of its springinge 29 turns to a position for supporting the panel 10 in the position in which it serves as a shelf.

The operation of closing the cabinet is manifest. Generally speaking, the leg 30 is swung upon its hinge to lie against the panel 10, the latter is then lowered to the position illustrated in Fig. 2 and the member 16 swungupon its connectionsl uwith the bottom 8 to position these swinging parts as illustrated in Fig. 1. The top is then lowered to lock these swinging parts in folded position. As a means for holding the panel 10 in position at its lower edge-portion, I provide in the inner faces oi' the sides 9 near their forward vertical edges, spring-pressed plungers 34 which ht into registering sockets 36 in the lateral vertical edges of the panel 10, the operation of these plungers being well understood in the art.

By constructing a cabinet in accordance with my invention, it may be filled to its capacity and still render the removal from it of one or more of its pockets an easy operation without danger of mutilating the pockets or their contents.

Another decided advantage offered by this construction is that even though the cabinet is packed to its utmost capacity with the pockets, when the iront is swung out, as before described, the pockets may be separated from each other by sliding them along the upper portions of the cleats 12 and the strips 22, and thus the selection of the pocket desired to be removed may be readily and easily accomplished.

The provision of the panel 10 serves to aiiord a very convenient rest for the pockets after their removal from the cabinet, and thus the time consumed in referring to the contents of the cabinet is reduced to the minimum.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cabinet, the combination with its casing having a movable vertical section pivoted near its lower end to the cabinet and adapted to be swung outwardly at its upper end, of means for supporting pockets, or the like, in depending position in the casing, and l extension-supports near the opposite sides of said pivoted section slidingly confined at the sides oil the cabinet substantially in line with said supporting means, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a cabinet, the combination with its casing having a movable vertical section mounted to permit it to be swung outwardly at its upper end, ledges provided adjacent to the sides of the cabinet for supporting pockets, or the like, in depending position in the casing, and extension-supports in the form of metal strips connected near their outer ends to the movable section of the casing and supported at their inner ends to adapt them to extend at their upper edges in substantial alinement with said ledges', for the purpose set forth.

3. In a cabinet, the combination with its casing having a vertical front section supported in a manner to permit it to be moved bodily in a direction away from the casing and to be swung to a position in'iwhichit affords a shelf, means for supportinglpockets,

or the like, in depending position in the casing in a manner to permit them to be lifted bodily out of the top of the cabinet, and extension supporting means constructed and arranged to be moved into extended position when the front section is moved out from the casing.

4. In a cabinet, the combination with its casing having a vertical section, means for supporting pockets, or the like, in depending position in the casing, and a second swinging section forming the front-side of the casing pivoted near its upper end to said firstnamed section to adapt it to be swung to a position in which it affords a shelf for the pockets removed from the casin 5. In a cabinet, the coinbinatlon with its casing having a vertical section pivoted near its lower end to adapt it to be swung outwardly at its upper end, of means for supporting pockets, or the like, in depending position in the casing, means for affording an eXtension-supportfor the pockets when the movable section is swung outwardly, a second swinging section pivoted near its upper end to said first-named movable section to adapt it to be swung to a osition in which it affords a shelf for the pocl ets removed from the casing, and means for supporting said second swinging section in raise position.

6. In a cabinet, the combination with its casing having a section forming the front thereof, and a frame pivoted at its lower end to the bottom of the casing and to which frame-member the front is pivoted near its upper end-portion, of means for supporting pockets, or the like, in depending position in the cabinet, and extension means connected with said frame-member and cooperating with said first-named means, for the purpose set forth.

7,. A cabinet comprising in combination a back, bottom and sides joined together, a frame ivoted near its lower end to the forward edge of the bottom of the casing, a front for the casing pivoted near its upper end to the upper end of the frame, a swinging cover, means for sup orting pockets, or the like, in depending posltion in the casing, and means forming an extension-support for the pockets when the frame is swung outwardly at its upper end.

8. In a cabinet, the combination with its casing having a vertical section pivoted near its lower end to adapt it to be swung outwardly at its upper end, of means for supporting pockets, or the like, in depending position 1n the casing, extension-supports connected with said swinging section and coperating with said first-named means, and

means movable with the swinging section and extending beyond the ends of the pockets for maintaining the alinement of the latter, for the purpose set forth.

9. In a cabinet, the combination with its casing having a movable vertical section pivoted near its lower end to the cabinet, of ledges, or the like, at the sides of the casing adapted to dependingly sup ort pockets, or the like, at thelr opposite en sin the casing, and means cooperating with said ledges, or `the like, and connected with said movable section for forming an extension to said pocket-supporting means and substantially in alinement therewith and adapted to be moved into operative position when the vertical section is swung outwardly at its top, for the purpose set forth.

ISAAC H. ATHEY.

In presence of- W. B. DAvrns, R. A. SCHAEFER. 

